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Published: Friday, August 22, 2008

Conclusions about drivers reached after 40 years

After driving the streets of Lubbock for 40 years, I have come to these conclusions:

1. If you ride a motorcycle in Lubbock traffic, you will either die or be injured. Why are people still buying them? Heck, if this was a "motorcycles only" town, I'd ride one, too. Bikers are usually good drivers, but that doesn't protect them from bad drivers in big cars.

2. The new traffic light at 79th & Indiana is a nuisance. Thirty cars can line up on Indiana, while two exit 79th Street.

3. Attention all Loop 289 drivers: No, you do not have a "right" to drive in the right lane the whole time you are on the Loop. That lane is for exiting and entering only. You are causing accidents if you insist on staying in the right lane. Move over to the center lane! The left lane is for passing, so just stay in the center lane and you'll be fine, trust me.

4. Nothing gripes me more than unnecessary street repairs. I have seen so many perfectly good streets torn up for weeks (or months) for no reason other than to use our tax dollars.

5. Yes, traffic fines are too expensive. However, I've discovered that when you use bad language, even mildly, when you pay them, a curtain will come down in front of you. If you do this over the phone, they will hang up on you.

BOB HARMON/Lubbock

ACLU seen as destructive to Christian foundations

Re: The letter "ACLU defends right of everyone to a fair trial" (A-J, Aug. 9).

No organization, to date, has been as destructive as the ACLU to the core values and Christian foundations of America.

If any Christian, anti-abortion or anti-homosexual group has ever been defended by the ACLU, it was surely a tactical maneuver.

For a true picture, pick up the paperback "The ACLU vs. America."

Fortunately, we have the American Center for Law & Justice, the Alliance Defense Fund, and the Liberty Counsel to fight the ACLU in court. These good guys often win.

No longer are the ACLU bullies free to strong-arm schools, cities and other true patriots.

The ACLU's revered founder, Roger Baldwin, was a socialist and agnostic, a friend of Margaret Sanger, the eugenicist and founder of Planned Parenthood. Communism was his goal.